Alien Relic Hunter

"By the way, Ke Lan, do you have any other activities later?" Lao Gou suddenly asked.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Ke Lan was confused for a moment.

"I see you're recovering well," a slightly lewd smile suddenly appeared on the old dog's face, and he reached out and patted Ke Lan's lower back, "Brothers are planning to go to Hua Chai Hua Chai together - this time Soma The consortium has compensated us with so much money, and we can finally enjoy the feeling of being a rich man for once."

Logically speaking, as an elite hunter, Lao Gou's income level is relatively high among the common people in Ark. However, every time this guy comes back from a mission, he will use most of his reward to support those who he used to have. The old subordinates and their families don't have much left for themselves, so they usually spend their days scratching their heads. But this time, unless Ke Lan recorded 30 million credit points at once, all other Everyone who participated in the operation received 10 million as compensation.

The most valuable treasures in S-class ruins are purchased for tens of millions. This time, the Soma Consortium is really generous.

Of course, in the words of the other party, this is a thank you gift for saving the entire Pioneer and one of the future heirs of the Soma Consortium. Compared with the Pioneer, tens of millions of credits are only a small amount of money, and Compared with Zofia's own safety, the Pioneer icebreaker is not worth mentioning.

"What are you planning to do with your money? Are you shopping?" Ke Lan glanced at Layton, who was stuffing body parts into a sealed freezer jar. "I remember that Layton's prosthetic body hasn't been upgraded yet, right? Now this money It should be enough to buy a set of top-notch prosthetics.”

"I definitely have to buy things...but that's not the key." Old Gou chuckled, "We have already discussed it in private. Asano Akira said he was not interested and would not go; the Mongolian guy is still in the medical cabin. When the legs grow back, he won't be able to go; and the doctor has just recovered from a serious illness, and he has a wife who is so good at beatings, so he can't let him go... The only one left is you, me , Leiton and Liao Zilang."

"Wait a minute? Why can't Ivan go if he has a wife? Why are you going to take me there?" Ke Lan was confused.

"Fuck! You're usually quite smart, why are you so clueless now? Of course you're going to--" Layton was about to say, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw Natasha walking out of the room and forcefully turning her back. He swallowed his words and said, "Harm, you will know it later. Can I still make you suffer, old dog?"

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Two hours later, the filth in the clinic hall was finally completely cleared away. All the body parts and dirty blood were concentrated into a half-person-high metal tank, and then stuffed into a container kept at subzero temperatures all year round. In a freezer safe at thirty-five degrees Celsius.

Asano Akira, Ivan, and Natasha stayed in the clinic, while Hound and Ke Lan slipped out and boarded a light rail heading to the North 9th District.

Unlike the maglev train, the speed of the light rail is relatively slow, and the fare is only about one-tenth of that of the maglev. The transportation lines generally only cover about half of the area, making it the preferred means of transportation for ordinary residents of Ark.

"Beijiu District? What are you doing in Beijiu District?" Ke Lan was very puzzled. Beijiu District is one of the districts with the worst living conditions in the North District. It has always been called a "slum". Various living facilities are in disrepair, and even the most basic lighting equipment is not guaranteed in many areas. In addition, there are many gangs and a mixture of good and bad. You can often see various vicious cases in the North 9th District on the news... Ke Lan really couldn't understand why Lao Gou said he wanted to enjoy the feeling of being a rich man, but took him to this "backcountry" where rich people would never set foot.

"What's there in the North Ninth District...of course it's girls! Beautiful...and cheap girls! I've been holding this in for several months, and today I'm going to take you to eat some meat!" Hound said with a smile.

"What?!" Ke Lan was stunned and immediately resisted, "I think... let's forget it, right?"

"Huh?" The hound's expression changed, he looked at Ke Lan carefully, and suddenly lowered his voice: "Your kid...isn't he still a chick?"

"Ahem...Is there something wrong with this?!"

Since leaving public education facilities, Ke Lan has indeed been living alone for more than ten years. Due to the special nature of his profession, the number of times he interacts with the opposite sex can be said to be very few.

After all, there are not many women engaged in such a high-risk profession as relic hunters. Even if there are, Ke Lan will rarely have the opportunity to team up with them... Even if he does team up with a female hunter, with his steely straight man His personality makes it difficult to create sparks with teammates of the opposite sex.

Although he would not say it outright, in Ke Lan's heart, he is still somewhat resistant to female teammates - from various aspects such as physical structure and psychological quality, in most cases, male teammates More reliable than female teammates.

This is not considered sexist, it can only be said to be true.

Unless Ark forces him to have a wife, Ke Lan is still more accustomed to the single life of "one person is full and the whole family is not hungry".

Different from what is described in most dystopian science fiction works of the old era, there is no official allocation of partners on the Ark, nor does it force people to pair up for reproduction and perform the so-called "breeding mission" - here, people Not only can they fall in love freely and form a family freely, but even the marriage laws of the old era have been largely retained.

However, in order to ensure the quantity and quality of the population, Ark has still taken corresponding measures - every healthy and physiologically mature young person must undergo a germ cell collection operation every six months, and these collected cells will be processed after After layers of screening, they are combined, and then gradually developed into a mature embryo in an artificial incubator, a device commonly known as an "artificial womb."

Ke Lan himself was born in this way, and it is precisely for this reason that he still does not know who his biological father and mother are. Fortunately, in today's society, there are not many humans like him born from artificial wombs. Already accounting for about one-tenth of the entire population, no one cares about this problem anymore.

[P.S. Strictly declare that this chapter is not in GHS, but is just to supplement the relevant settings of family relationships and population reproduction issues on the Ark. As for the dystopian science fiction works of the old era mentioned, it mainly refers to the novel "Beautiful" by the British writer Huxley. "New World" and the movie adaptation of the same name. This work is really a classic. Interested readers can check it out... (Actually, I know that many of you will definitely think of spiritual cages when you see "Breeding Mission"...) 】